EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Meet a true cricketing legend when Farokh Engineer heads to Cottingham on 14 March. In his new book Farokh, The Cricketing Cavalier , Farokh looks back at many magical moments with Lancashire and India though the 1960s and 1970s. 'He had the ability to lighten up the gloomiest Manchester day, whether on the pitch or off it,' says biographer Colin Evans, former cricket writer for the Manchester Evening News . Nowadays, 40 years after his retirement from the game, he is still warmly welcomed all over the world as an ambassador for cricket.'   Signed copies of Farokh, The Cricketing Cavalier will be available .   Plus win a 'Legends of Cricket' autograph bat , signed by some of the game's biggest names and raffled to raise fund for charities supporting Mumbai street children.   Join the conversation - everyone welcome !   £15 a year / £5 a meeting.   NEW MEMBER SPECIAL ! Join now for 2018/19 to enjoy free 2018 access to Emerald He...

Robinson, Cope, Moxon, Gale and more ... get closer to the action this winter with our top-class line-up of speakers. Celebrate with Farokh Engineer , India & Lancashire wicket-keeper; go backstage at Yorkshire CCC with Martyn Moxon , Director of Cricket, and Andrew Gale , 1st XI Coach; reminisce with Geoff Cope , a modern Yorkshire legend; debate the shape and future of the game with David Smith , ex-Warks opener and Chief Exec of Leics and Northants; and explore father/son relationships in elite cricket with author/journalist James Buttler .   David Smith opens the innings on Wednesday 11 October - read more ... Join the conversation - everyone welcome! £15 a year / £5 a meeting     Venue : Brewery Bar, King William IV , Hallgate, Cottingham HU16 4BD, 7.30pm for 7.45pm Map : here   Raffle : top prizes monthly - including YCCC match tickets   More information : email ercsoc@gmail.com / call Maggie Sumner ( 01482 861...